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Application filed February 28, 1906.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 10, 1908.

Serial No. 303,335.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR E. JACOBS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy. Banks, of which I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The objects of the invention are to provide a toy bank in which coins of only one de nomination such as a penny or dime can be introduced, and which will register the deposit up to a certain multiple number such as $1.00 or $10.00.

The object is further to provide mechanism whereby the registering device will be operated by the coin when it is introduced and whereby the coins can be withdrawn only when a fixed or predetermined multiple number is deposited, and if one more coin is introduced no coin can be withdrawn until another sum equal to the same multiple sum has been deposited in the bank.

I accom lish these objects by means of the simple an efficient mechanism hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawin 's and specifically pointed out in the claims.

11 the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the bank; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal Vertical section therethrough;

Fig. 3 is a central horizontal section; Fig. 4'

is a vertical central transverse section.

In these views, 1 is a case having anarrow vertical extension 2, in-which is a slot 3 into which the coins are introduced one at a time, 4 and 5 are toothed wheels which extend into the narrow portion, and are pivoted in a horizontal line. These wheels have an equal number of teeth and these teeth are reversely numbered on the opposite wheels. The numbers are visible as they rise one after the other to the top of the wheels, through openings 6 in the front wall of the case.

In Fig. 2- is shown a long tooth 7 upon one wheel 4 which may be called the unit wheel, and is turned one tooth at a time as the coin enters the bank and the tooth 7 upon this wheel engages and moves one tooth upon the other wheel once in a complete rotation of the unit wheel. 10 is a blind or flash which has the same center of rotation as the wheel 1, and moves upon the same shaft 11. This blind has upon its curved upper edge 12 lugs 13 and 14, and at its lower extremity a hammer 15 which. strikes a bell 16 every time the flash is dropped from its elevated position. The flash temporarily covers the figures in the openings 6, as the wheels rotate to change the figures, in the manner of the flash in a cash register. A solid spring 17 engages both wheels, and prevents them from moving until operated by the coin.

The manner in which the various devices operate to accomplish the results desired may bedescribed as follows: The coin such as a penny I being deposited in the slot 3 falls between two teeth of the unit wheel 4 in a recess 18, arranged to receive it. 'I he flash plate 10 is then raised by means of a bar 19 inserted through the opening 20 in the case, and into an opening 21 in the flash plate. As soon as the plate is raised or rather rotated on its axis the lugs 13 and 14 come one after the other into contact with the upper edge of the coin P, and force the coin against the edge of one of the recesses between the teeth 'of the wheel 4, and the coin exerts a pressure in a suitable direction upon the wheel to rotate it until the coin drops'ofl into the enlarged base of the bank. As soon as 10 coins are introduced the long tooth 7 will engage one of the teeth 8 upon the other wheel and move that wheel the distance between two teeth, and since each wheel as shown has ten teeth a complete revolution of the second wheel 5 will indicate that 100 coins have been introduced. Ten teeth are more conveniently employed than any other number since coin values are more readily computed in tens and units than in any other way in American coin. But I do not limit the numberof teeth or corresponding numerals on either of the wheels. As soon as the flash plate is released it will drop and permit the hammer to fall upon and sound the bell. At the moment that 100 coins are registered two rectangular slots 2-2 and 23 one in each respective wheel will register and come exactly opposite each other, and opposite an opening 24 in the wall. And at this time the coins in the box can be thrown out by turning the box upside down and tipping it so that they will slide out of the opening 24 in the rear wall. If, however, another coin is introduced the unit wheel will have moved to close one half of the slot and the removal of the coins becomes impssible until another 100 coins are deposited, thus providing a check to prevent withdrawing them too easily. The wheels and flash can be arranged to act in the above described manner with any one denomination of coin such as a nickle or dime, but will only serve to deposit the denomination it is adapted for.

The advantage found in the open slot and slotted wheels registering therewith, whereby the coins can be released at the proper intervals without employing specific releasing mechanism is very great, since it simplifies the machine and reduces its cost as well as lessening the number of parts to get out 0 order. 1

Having described the invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a case having a coin entrance slot, of two wheels pivoted in the case, one wheel having a multiple number of teeth and the other one adapted to engage therewith once in one revolution thereof, the said wheels having each a portion of a slot in its periphery, and the said case having a coin exit slot, the portional slots in said wheels combining to form a complete coin exit slot registering with the said coin exit slot in the case, once in a complete revolution of the wheel having a multiple number of teeth.

2. The combination with a' case having a coin entrance slot, of two wheels pivoted in the case, one wheel having an elon ated tooth, and the other wheel having a mu tiple number of teeth with which said tooth engages once in one revolution thereof, a series of coin receiving recesses in the ed e of the wheel having one tooth, and means or forcing the coins one at a time into engagement with one of the recesses in the recessed wheel and thereby rotating the same, consisting of, a feed plate pivoted on the axis of the recessed wheel, said feed plate having coin engaging lugs, the wall of said case having a coin outlet opening and the edge of each wheel provided with a partial opening, a complete outlet opening being formed only when the partial openings in the wheels register with each other and with the opening in the wall.

3. The combination with a case having a coin inlet opening and observation openings, of two wheels pivoted in the case and having an e ual multiple number of numerals in the whee s visible in turn in said observation openings, a series of recesses in one wheel adapted to receive one at a time coins falling into said coin inlet opening, said recesses equaling in number said numerals on said wheel, a lon tooth on the recessed wheel, and a multip enumber of teeth on the other wheel equaling in number the number of said recesses, and engaged by said long tooth one at a time, and a combined flash and feed plate pivoted upon the axis of the recessed wheel, and provided with lugs adapted and arranged to engage the coin and force it against the recessed edge of the recessed wheel.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this 12 day of February, 1906.

ARTHUR E. JACOBS.

Witnesses:

WM. M. MoNRoE, CHAS. E. CARPENTER. 

